CAROLINE DIGNES

Contact Please contact me via the menu bar on the left Web carolinedignes.com 2013, 2012 Dyer and Painter
Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Ashland, Oregon Dye, paint, and distress fabrics and garments for festival season Research and present textile design solutions to costume designers Designers 2013 Season: Devon Painter, Katherine ONeill, Linda Roethke Designers 2012 Season: Susan Tsu, Shigeru Yaji, Mara Blumenfeld, Deborah M. Dryden, Christal Weatherly, Alex Jaeger, Linda Roethke Ock Pop Tok and Passa Paa. Luang Prabang, Laos Taught Shibori techniques to Ock Pop Toks Master Dyer and Dye Assistant Trained Passa Paas screen printers in screen printing techniques Developed natural dye screen print paste for Passa Paas Hmong textile collection Santa Fe Opera. Santa Fe, New Mexico Supervised and facilitated the fabric and garment dyeing and painting for the summer opera season as required through communication with the Costume Director, Designer, Design Assistants, and Drapers Prioritized a wide range of activities to ensure the maximum efficiency and the highest level of quality Trained the Dye Assistant in dye and paint techniques and safety standards Designers 2012 Season: Yannis Thavoris, Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Jon Morrell, Ann Hould-Ward, Tobias Hoheisel Designers 2011 Season: Susan Willmington, Kevin Knight, Dunya Ramicova, Robert Innes Hopkins, Allen Moyer Santa Fe Opera. Santa Fe, New Mexico Liased with the Head Dyer and Designers while learning dyeing techniques Designers: Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Constance Hoffman, Jessica Jahn, Tobias Hoheisel, Kevin Knight Det Kongelige Teater. Copenhagen, Denmark Distressed garments for Nabucco and conducted alterations for The Swan Lake Designers: Magdalena Stenbeck, Per Kirkeby

Skills Textile Processes

Color Matching Direct Dye Acid Dyes Union Dyes Disperse Dyes Natural Dyes Screen printing Block Printing Shibori Devor Heat Transfer Sublimation Airbrush Flocking

2012 Dye Instructor and Consultant

2012, 2011 Head Dyer and Painter

2010 Dye Apprentice

2010 Praktik: Textiles and Womens Tailoring

Computer
Microsoft Word Excel PowerPoint OneNote Adobe Photoshop Illustrator InDesign

2007-2011 First Hand, Stitcher, Designer Wake Forest University Theatre and Dance Costume Shop Constructed costumes for Wake Forest University Theatre and Dance Productions Instructed and taught others in sewing techniques and garment construction Designed The Imaginary Cuckold and Moonchildren for the Mainstage theatre

Research Wake Forest University Research Fellow. 2010 Experience Costume Collections Management

Created a records database of 150 objects in the Department of Theatre and Dances vintage costume collection, Conducted object-based research to archive the collection

Richter Scholar. 2009

Education Wake Forest University. Winston-Salem, NC. 2011 and Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and Anthropology Training Summa Cum Laude, Member of Phi Beta Kappa Society, Presidential Scholar Professional Textile Sabbatical. Kutch and Rajasthan, India. 2012

Research and Synthesis: Museum Processes and Contemporary Textile Synthesis Studied textiles in both contemporary and museum settings in London with Richter Research Grant.

Language
Basic knowledge of French Danish Spanish

Sidr Craft. Bhuj, India. Paramparik Craft. Bagru, India. Dr. Ismail Mohamed Khatri Arjakh Workshop. Arjkahpur, India. Acquired skills in Bhandani tie and dye and learned how to use natural dyes available in India with Abdul Jabbar Khatri at Sidr Craft Learned how to produce Arjakh block print with Sufiyan Khatri and Dabu block print with Mahesh Doshaya using mud resist pastes and natural dyes Attended the Make it New Again Crafts Symposium at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, India Researched fair trade and socially responsible business models

Central Saint Martins. London, UK. 2009

Short Course: Textiles